Szabolcs Thuróczy

Instead of ten commandments, ten intertwined Tinder dates: virtual relationships, bleak joys, fast-paced moves, spiritual deviance, hypocritical hypocrisy, perverse homophobia, lustful bloody revenge, and in the background a surprising twist that is far from being about joys... This boundary-pushing independent film is not a traditional romantic story, but an experimental, provocative look at the 2020s, where the search for happiness is often just a swipe right away, yet it seems unattainable.

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Margot, a brilliant young scientist with a troubled marriage, disappears inexplicably while hiking with her husband Sam and a group of friends. A few weeks later, she miraculously reappears the day of her own memorial service. Margot is clearly not the same as before the accident. Nevertheless, Sam sees his wife’s miraculous reappearance as a second chance.

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A father and son tries to mend their relationship while working on a plan to fake the old man's death.

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Szofi Szabó, the world-famous actress, arrives in Budapest with her husband and manager Mike to reveal her past in a documentary. But within the walls of the old Film Factory, a secret comes to light that turns everything upside down: who is Szofi's real father? The revelation of the truth brings betrayal, collapse and death, while the line between the illusion of filming and the harsh reality disappears forever.

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The story takes place on Valentine's Day in no man's land, one of the craziest days of the century, when everything is turned upside down, the turn of seemingly random events slowly connecting together.

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Attila Baukó, aka Azahriah is one of Hungary's most famous singer, who filled the biggest sport arena of the country with three consecutive concerts. But this film is not a concert film. It is not a music documentary. Nor is it a traditional portrait film. We are Azahriah is the story of a real and an imaginary journey inspired by Azahriah's life and songs.

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Sanyi (Szabolcs Thuróczy) is a puppeteer and an alcoholic. Pali (Tamás Polgár) is an elevator mechanic and an alcoholic. Together they search for their friend Tomi, who has already missed several AA meetings. They try to stay sober, which is not easy in a country where drinking is widely accepted as a daily practice. Sanyi's wife and daughter left him five years ago because of his addiction, and since then he has started a new life and stopped drinking, while Pali only needs a little push to drink again. Tomi probably doesn't even need that much. The two friends race against time on the streets of Budapest to find and rescue Tomi.

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Hungary, 1990s. Travel abroad is finally possible, but unaffordable. By forging international train tickets, three young people get to know the world.

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Adam lives in the poorest part of Eastern Hungary in isolation from society, works as a shepherd on a farm and lives with his police officer father in an oppressive relationship. Hip-hop and rapping is important for Adam, this is the only way he can express his feelings and get rid of his speech impediment. One day he unexpectedly achieves success in a national online talent show, as Larry, with a song he wrote about his father's unforgivable sins. Adam makes it to the finals, but soon realizes that he is unable to rap in front of others. In order to grow up to his popular online alter ego, Adam must break through his inner barrier and face the strange authority of his father.

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The series Király explores the life and tragic death of Jimmy Zámbó, one of the defining figures of the pop music scene after the regime change, mixing real events with fictional elements. Everyone knows the end of the story: the King is dead. But what led to this?

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A popular writer with lack of inspiration and his never-seen son meets unexpectedly. From there they have to deal with living with the other in joy, in emtions and with the imagination of the child, this tales goes beyond reality.

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Behind the Iron Curtain, Geri leaves for college, looks forward to meeting girls and partying and joins a group of radicals led by the charismatic Száva. But Geri has a secret. He’s an informant of the totalitarian state and to save his brother, he’s been forced to spy on his new friends for State Security.

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The Buharovs, as the harbingers of a supra-human world, blend their instinctive cosmos with a kind of quiet poetry to lead the viewer into the Land of Warm Waters and onwards to new dimensions of storytelling.

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The show guides viewers to secret places that no one or a few have access to. It introduces you to behind-the-scenes secrets that are unknown to the general public.

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Maja’s life is finally coming together and her boyfriend couldn’t be more pleased. In the midst of moving out from their student flat, Maja’s evening takes a surprising turn when she stumbles upon an old relative who is without a doubt, dead. Nobody from the family is available to help, so Maja has to deal with it herself. As she waits for the authorities, Sara, Maja’s childhood friend, joins her. Sara’s more than keen on sharing her latest successes.

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Eva lives cut off from the outside world in het sterile blue apartment. She's allergic to just about everything. Are her allergies caused by a polluting multinational corporation, or is she so sensitive and vulnerable she's making herself ill?

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A hardcore soccer ultra, Gyula, and his wife, Mariann, long for a baby. But it turns out that Gyula is sterile and when their plans to adopt also go up in smoke, Mariann does a deal behind her husband's back: they will take in the soon to be born child of a young Roma woman. The ensuing state of affairs turns all of their lives upside down. While Gyula has to continually hide the truth from his racist friends, surprises await him in his private life, and when Cupid's arrow strikes him from the most unexpected direction, he is faced with both comical situations and acute moral dilemmas.

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It’s the 1980s in Communist Budapest and 8-year old Málna shows up in her rock star father’s life, a man struggling with political oppression and various addictions. After the night out together, everything changes between them.

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Vampires are among us! But no need to worry: the Hungarian Secret Police are after them, and beyond the usual spy gadgets, they even use garlic to repel the beasts.

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Brothers Tamás, Ákos and András find themselves in deeper trouble than ever after swindler Alex drains them into a chase for a priceless stolen stamp. With both the police and rival mafia crews, Baláék and Toniék, on their tail, they’re joined by Eszter and Timi as everyone races against the clock. Their fortunes, and perhaps their lives, depend on whether they can outwit both friends and enemies, and escape unscathed.

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A murder mystery set in 1936 Budapest, just as Hungary was preparing to align itself with Hitler. A beautiful young girl is found dead and nobody wants to investigate—except Gordon, a crime reporter who has a gut feeling that things are not what they seem.

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In every society, there are taboo themes that everyone knows, but they are not happy about talking to them or dealing with people. Here, in Central Europe, we often encounter, for example, the phenomenon of alcohol dependence in the family or in a work community, but as long as it is not very serious, we will not confront him or even face ourselves with this problem. Likewise, taboo counts as our own sexuality and sexual identity, the lust of our hidden desires, the fear of death or the mourning of our lives, the past decades of hidden concealed sins or, for example, the atypical family models. Spektrum's new, self-produced show spans these topics without Taboos

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Two physically handicapped youngsters make friends with a paralysed hitman and are commissioned by a local mafia boss. They have little to lose although things are never as they first appear. The boundaries between fantasy and reality blur as the unlikely heroes stumble from one close encounter to the next and we gain an unusual insight into their lives on the periphery of society.

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Shamed by his father's dying words, con man Attila Miklosi tries to go straight but eventually succumbs to pressure from his demanding wife Janka and his boss, Endre Hollos, and returns to his life of crime. When his son tries to follow him into the criminal underworld, Attila questions if he will be able to shield the boy.

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History sometimes repeats itself. As a nine-year-old, Maja was abandoned by her mother and placed in an orphanage. Now it’s ten years later and she keeps returning to the institution – to visit her own four-year-old son. Will she be able to take control of her life despite the unfavorable circumstances and her own self-destructive tendencies?

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A runaway bride, a taxi-driving dreamer longing for a mysterious ocean island, and a basketball‐obsessed flirt cross paths in Budapest, igniting a chain of unexpected twists, mafia run-ins, a secretive club, an enigmatic singer and an absurd abundance of pineapples. Their chance encounter turns ordinary days into a fairytale of love entanglements and life-changing adventures.

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13 year old Lili fights to protect her dog Hagen, and is devastated when her father sets Hagen free on the streets. Still innocently believing love can conquer any difficulty, Lili sets out to save her dog. Failing in his desperate efforts to find his beloved owner, Hagen joins a canine revolt leading a revolution against their human abusers.

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1956. Three Hungarian friends hijack a plane to escape from the Iron Curtain.

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Four women weather sexual complications in this spicy comedy/drama. Talk-show host Helga grapples with her boyfriend’s mysterious celibacy; baby-craving Szilvi is a reluctant swinger; uptight Flora suspects her husband of seeing a hooker; and Vera’s mate doesn’t know about the sperm donor.

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